This is a section of the overall catalog from 1902-1904 which was published by Gebrüder Bing/ Bing Brothers under the title 'Special-Preisliste über mechanische, optische und elektrische Lehrmittel und Spielwaaren'. This section catalogue reproduced here is richly illustrated with line drawings. The full title is 'Optische Spielwaaren und Lehrmittel: Laterna-Magica. Nebelbilder-Apparate. Sciopticons. Kinematrographen. Grosse Collection neuester Bilderserien. Stereoscope. Loupen und Lesegläser'. It contains magic lanterns (p. 161-173), early film projectors and films (p. 174-177). A list of available slides is organised by the format of the slides (p. 178-200). Stereoscopes (201-205) and other lenses, reading glasses, mirrors, zootrope, different types of optical lenses and spare parts for magic lantern (p. 206-211). Bing Brothers / Gebrüder Bing were a main manufacturer in mechanical and optical toys around 1900. To learn more about the magic lantern slide production by Gebrüder Bing, visit the Lucerna Magic Lantern web resource http://slides.uni-trier.de/organisation/index.php?id=1000659

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